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Five Things in Five Minutes

This week the double helix meets music playlists, a calorie-burning car launches and USB ports masquerade as your favourite double-cream brie. Find out more in this week's Five Things in Five Minutes.

1. Gene-inspired tunes coming to SpotifyYou can tell a lot about someone based on their music tastes. Ancestry.com and Spotify are taking things to a molecular level, introducing customised music based on user's ancestry.

2. Burn calories in your carThe iconic foot-powered cars of the Flinstone era are making a comeback, albeit with a fitspo makeover. FitCar PPVhas introduced a pedal-powered vehicle which burns calories.

3. Cacao cottageStaying in a cottage in France seems dreamy enough, but throw edible chocolate walls, doors and even mugs and you have a chocoholics dream. The Chocolate Cottage in France can accommodate up to four (hungry) guests.